unitid 122755 · San Jose, CA · public 4-year · city (large)
San Jose State University
- enrollment 2023
- 39,835
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
85%
52nd pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
27,601
93rd pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
35%
undergrads on Pell grants
61st pctl among public 4-years
completion
69%
finish within 150% time
88th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$26,593
73rd pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$13,760
after aid, aided students
58th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$78,988
after entry, Title IV students
96th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$15,000
30th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $9,730 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k37%
- 30-48k20%
- 48-75k19%
- 75-110k11%
- 110k+13%
- Median family income
- $29,408
- First-generation students
- 49%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $8,410
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 5.3× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 1,657 | $82,407 | — |
| Library Science and Administration. | 671 | $65,724 | — |
| Computer Engineering. | 496 | — | — |
| Psychology, General. | 486 | $65,246 | — |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 276 | $67,114 | — |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 260 | $69,505 | — |
| Computer Engineering. | 251 | $143,080 | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 246 | $81,942 | — |
| Computer Science. | 244 | $160,714 | — |
| Design and Applied Arts. | 222 | $93,917 | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 217 | $155,843 | — |
| Public Health. | 209 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.